alliec419 said: "I know this is probably reaching, and too soon to tell, but with the doubling of # of lottery tickets given out each day, have there been an increase in the # of cancellation tickets given out? I am dying to drive down for a day trip to do this line (from Boston).
I was just in the cancellation line yesterday, 7pm show and I got there at 3pm. There were 4 couples in front of us (the first ones in line got there at noon) which was a pleasant surprise. Long story short around 4:30pm they had premium seats for sale ($540) and then at 5:30pm they started clearing people for the $199 tickets. All the people in front of my walked away with tickets. At this point if it was a nail biter because we were literally next and they stopped calling people (there were probably another 20 people behind us) and all of the lottery winners started showing up to get their tickets. Finally at 6:40pm they called us and we got 7th row center orchestra (RIDICULOUS seats). The next 5 people behind us filled out the rest of the row. Not sure how many people past them got cleared. I can't tell if there were more tickets available (from what I saw about 20 tickets were given out) then usual. I do have to point out that everyone was surprised that the line was as short as it was so this situation may have been an exception to the norm. It was probably the coldest day in awhile and there was light snow in the morning. It was also a Tuesday show so the primary Hamilton doesn't perform (which by the way should not stop you, our Hamilton was amazing!). Not sure what was going on but we were lucky that we only waiting 4 hours and had ended up with the most amazing seats.
Prior to lining up I read this board up and down and to add some of my advice:
- Sullivan is the theatre cop for the area and he said that in general he stops the line at 30 people. He will also give a rundown of the ticket options as you have to know what you want because they work fast once you are called (premium, standard or standing room)
- come prepared; I brought hand warmers, a blanket, water, snacks and my kindle. We also made a night of it by getting a hotel room (my thought process was if it didn't work out Tuesday then we would try again for the 2 shows on Wed .. yes, I was determined).
- go early, my experience was definitely not normal so unless you have back up shows like I did I wouldn't recommend just show any less then 5 hours to showtime. For more context, we drove by the theatre at around 11am and there were about 15 people on line for the 2pm show
- if you ever second guess yourself why you are waiting IT IS WORTH IT, I have been listening to the soundtrack pretty religiously the last few months (totally late to the Hamilton bandwagon) and had very high expectations. I was concerned I would be disappointed that no one from the original cast would be there and frankly I just had really high hopes it would be what I always saw in my head ... without any question it exceeded all of my expectations and made me appreciate the show even more. I am not concerned about over hyping it because its THAT GOOD. I would wait on that line again in a heartbeat to see it again and honestly definitely plan to!
Good luck and for those going soon get excited, its pretty awesome!
